This is an informative post about conventions and usage of the
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http://java.sun.com/products/servlet
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http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/servlets/index.html
c) We also have a listing of external resources you may find helpful:
http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
d) Some FAQs that may help you
http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
http://www.purpletech.com/servlet-faq/
http://www.interpasnet.com/JSS/textes/servfaq.htm|
We encourage you to help out with the maintenance and growth of these
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LIST USAGE
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A few notes about the use of this list. We at Sun enjoy hosting this
list to give everyone a forum to discuss servlets and related
technology. There are a few things that we ask of you, the list
members:
1) If you have a question that you urgently need the answer to
please remember that it is unlikely that everyone else on the list
will feel as urgently about it as you do. People participate on these
lists because they want to and may occasionally be irritated to get
a mail in their inbox that is labelled URGENT, or URGENT HELP
REQUIRED ! It may actually discourage someone from answering
or following up with a discussion.
If you have not posted to this list before, and perhaps are a beginner
in the technology and are not sure if your question is well formed it
can
be helpful to put [BEGINNER], NEWBIE or in the subject line.
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What we don't like are lengthy press releases,
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your product compares to another, but remember, this isn't run
by Sun to be an advertising forum -- but as a technical forum.
Putting [ANN] in the subject line is a good and known convention for
sending out an announcement message.
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and S/MIME is not really needed on a list like this and is
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